Means for protecting safes from burglars.



I PATBNTED SEPT. 4,1907, B,'HEAVNBR & c. A. MARKER. MEANS FOR PROTECTING SAFES FROM BURGLARS.

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BLUFORD HEAVNER AND CAREY A. MANKER, OF PEARL, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24,1907.

Application filed April 16,1906. Serial No. 311,949.

ical-containing receptacle within the safe in close proximity to the inner side of the outer door in such position that the breaking of the outer door by burglars or otherwise will shatter said receptacle and allow the volatile contents thereof to fill the surrounding atmos phere. The vapors of said chemical so released being unbearable to breathe and injurious to the eyes, drives the burglar from his work and leaves the safe with its inner door intact, thus protecting its contents. The burglar is afraid to return as the escaping chemical remains in the atmospherefor several hours after its release and is liable to attract the attention of the watchman or others and cause his discovery.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a safe with a portion thereof broken out to show the location of a chemical receptacle; and Fig. 2 represents a detail sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. l.

In the embodiment illustrated, a safe S of ordinary construction is provided with the usual outer door (1, intermediate or jacket door b with the space d between them, and the inner door a with a space 0 between it and the intermediate door b, the interior of the safe being shown at f. On the intermediate door b is shown the usual handle j projecting into the space d. Suspended from this handle j by a cord or Wire 70 is a pocket or bag is in which is disposed a breakable bottle as containing a volatile injurious chemical.

In the use of this device when the chemical containing receptacle :6 is suspended in its pocket from the handley' in the space adjacent the outer door, if a burglar attempts to break open the door by 'dynamiting or otherwise, the concussion occasioned by the explosion breaks the bottle 90, releasing its contents which' quickly volatilizes and fills the surrounding air, rendering it impossible to breathe and thus compelling the burglar to cease from his work and flee and the air remains in this condition for several hours after the breakage of the receptacle and the contents of the safe are thus protected.

I claim as my invention:

1. A safe or vault having an inner door and an outer door, and means arranged in the space between said doors from which a pocket is suspended, and a breakable receptacle in said pocket containing a volatile injurious fluid. q j

2. The combination with a safe or the like having the usual inner, outer and intermediate doors, said intermediate door being spacedfrom the-outer door and having a handle projecting into said space, a pocket suspended within said space from said handle, and a breakable receptacle in said pocket containing a volatile injurious fluid. v

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BLUFORD HEAVNER CAREY A. MANKER.

Witnesses:

A. F. BROWNING, A. 0. STEWART. 

